Jul 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Wow. It’s hot in Arkansas.
We have tried to stay inside but couldn’t stand it any longer
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| Go Travs! |
Here are a few shots of my over-heated kids all sugared up on cotton candy
(which they aren’t supposed to have,)
frozen lemonade, popcorn, and peanuts…
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| Enjoying the forbidden |
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| Ice Rings |
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| Cracking up at Dad’s Heckling |
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| Arrows to Show Us The Way to the Car (Chalk is a Handy Thing) |
When we came out of the game it was probably 9 PM (almost dark) and the car thermometer said 104!
School starts this week and we are all in mourning.
Jul 5, 2011 | Missouri, Travel, United States
Missouri border, that is.
We hadn’t taken a vacation this summer and school starts next week so we decided to
take the kids to Branson on a whim.
Leaving at 8:30, we got to see fireworks almost the entire drive up because we follow a country highway from Little Rock to Branson (3 hour drive.) Sort of cool to see people celebrating the holiday (even if it was premature.)
We checked into the hotel and crashed, got up early and headed to
Silver Dollar City. It was really a fun day. Silver Dollar City has a lot of wonderful landscaping and lots of trees so we never felt hot, despite the crazy summer temperatures.
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| Max getting kissed by a pretty cowgirl before the saloon show |
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| Target Shooting! |
Even though it was busy it didn’t feel like it and we only had to wait in one line for awhile, and that was due to a technical problem. They have some great roller-coasters which hubby enjoyed! The boys loved the Dog Show that was part of the Kid’s Fest they have going on now.
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| Scott Ready to Ride |
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| Not Even Half of This Ride! |
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| Do you think they’d sell me this? |
I thought the kids would like the rodeo type show and cowboy dinner, which they did.
Super Cheesy- Branson style. The 6 year old’s quote when we left.
“Wow, that was SUPER cheesy and funny.”
Their favorite part was getting to see the horses up close on the way in and out.
My favorite part was watching the buffalos roll in the dirt like puppies.
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| Dixie Stampede |
Long day and we made it home by midnight.
Think the kids might forgive us now for no “real” vacation…
Jun 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
We had a beautiful day at Lake Ouachita on Sunday,
Boating, Picnicking, Swimming, Exploring…
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| Boys Swimming |
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| Driftwood |
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| Pretty Cove
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Until Max fell off a rocky hill about 15 feet down
and hit the rocks ALL THE WAY DOWN into 50 feet of water.
I’ve never seen so much blood.
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| Waiting on Stitches (Cleaned up Version) |
And we had to high-tail it to the marina and then to the ER.
5 hours, 5 Stitches, 1.5″ laceration (to the bone), lots of scratches,
and a mom on the table with him, later we made it home.
Angels definitely involved in this one.
Jun 23, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
My life has been full of bridges lately-
J bridged from Kindergarten to First Grade,
E “bridged” from 8th grade to High School…
So I thought I’d share some summer sunset bridge pics.
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| Sunset View from the “Big Dam Bridge” |
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| Lights on Bridge |
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| My Boys Being Nice to Each Other! |
The kids got out of school the second week of June, so we have been swimming and swimming. School starts back in three weeks so I’m trying to plan a quick mini-vacation.
Lake Ouachita, Silver Dollar City, or Chattanooga?
Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
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| Zen Chicks |
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| The Bees Are Thirsty |
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| After a hard day of Kindergarten… |
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| Boy Misses His Dog More Than His Mom |
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